Dr Susan Lim fails to stop second disciplinary hearing. #Singapore

Dr Susan Lim fails in her attempt to challenge the appointment of a second disciplinary committee. (Yahoo! pho … Surgeon Susan Lim has failed in her attempt to get the High Court to stop the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) from appointing a second disciplinary committee to investigate a complaint that she had overcharged a female patient from Brunei's royal family. In a written judgment on Thursday, Justice Philip Pillai said Dr Lim failed to establish any proof that the second disciplinary committee was illegal or biased, The Straits Times reported. The first disciplinary committee formed by SMC in 2010 to look into the complaint was disbanded before giving a verdict after lawyers of Dr Lim accused the committee of pre-judging the case. The justice said the Medical Regulation Act (MRA) does empower the SMC to appoint a second disciplinary committee upon the revocation of ...